Summary:
Zip code 37058 is home to exactly one middle school — Stewart County Middle School in Dover, Tennessee — which serves grades 6 through 8 with 439 students and is part of Stewart County Schools, a district ranked 40th out of 141 Tennessee districts. Because this is the only middle school in the zip code, there are no local school-to-school comparisons to make; instead, the most meaningful context comes from comparing the school against district and state averages.
Stewart County Middle School is a consistently strong school that outpaces Tennessee state averages in most subjects. The 7th grade is the clear standout, with proficiency rates well above state levels in math (55.2% vs. 39.2%), ELA (46.9% vs. 35.9%), and social studies (64.1% vs. 56.0%). Science proficiency is also above the state across all grades (49.0% vs. 46.9%), and the school's 72% proficiency rate in Algebra I reflects strong access to advanced coursework. Chronic absenteeism is a positive story as well — just 14.3% of students are chronically absent, well below the state's 18.3% rate, signaling solid engagement and school climate. The school has maintained a 4-star rating for three consecutive years, and it spends about $11,461 per student.
However, a few areas warrant attention. Eighth-grade math is the school's only core subject below the state average (36.4% vs. 38.3%), and 6th-grade social studies lags the state by a significant margin (43.7% vs. 50.7%). Social studies proficiency also dropped sharply from 60.5% to 51.8% in one year. While ELA improved from 38.6% to 43.4%, the school's statewide rank has slipped from 144th to 178th over three years, dropping its percentile from 75th to 70th despite keeping its 4-star status. Additionally, while the school's 72% Algebra I score looks impressive next to district and state all-grades averages, it is actually below the state's 88.3% rate among 8th-grade Algebra I test-takers specifically. Data on free/reduced-price lunch and student-teacher ratio was not reported, limiting full assessment of the school's socioeconomic and class-size context.
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